Benjamin Karim, a Muslim minister and author who was a top aide to black nationalist icon Malcolm X, died Tuesday after a fall in Richmond, Virginia. He was 73 years old.Kareem is a native of Suffolk, Virginia and was working at a record label in New York City 1957 When he first heard Malcolm X speak.

When did Malcolm X get involved?

In the 1960s, Malcolm X Beginning to be disappointed with the Islamic State and its leader, Elijah Muhammad. After completing the Hajj to Mecca, he subsequently embraced Sunni Islam and the civil rights movement and was known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz.

What happened on February 21, 1965?

February 21, 1965: In New York City, Malcolm X, African American Nationalist and Religious Leaderwas assassinated by rival Black Muslims while speaking to his African American Solidarity group at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights.

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